Gianluca de Lorenzi
Gianluca de Lorenzi (born February 21, 1972, in Ravenna) is an Italian auto racing driver and team owner.
Career
[edit]After previously competing in karting, de Lorenzi began competing in the Italian Formula Three Championship in 1991.[1] He moved to touring cars in 1996, competing in the Italian Super Touring Championship.
de Lorenzi raced for the works Alfa Romeo team, Alfa Team Nordauto in the European Super Touring Championship in 2000, finishing the season in seventh place.[1] In 2001, he formed his own team, GDL Racing to compete in the championship, finishing seventh again as a driver for the team.[1]
He finished runner-up to Salvatore Tavano in the Italian Super Touring Championship in 2003 with GDL Racing, and finished third in 2004.[1] In 2005 the Italian championship was part of the new World Touring Car Championship for three rounds, as de Lorenzi finished runner-up once again in the Italian series, this time beaten by Alex Zanardi.[1]
After concentrating on team management in 2006, de Lorenzi returned to the cockpit in 2007, finishing as runner-up in the Porsche Carrera Cup Italy.[1]
Racing record
[edit]Complete World Touring Car Championship results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | GDL Racing | BMW 320i | ITA 1 23 |
ITA 2 Ret |
FRA 1 20 |
FRA 2 19 |
GBR 1 |
GBR 2 |
SMR 1 21 |
SMR 2 17 |
MEX 1 |
MEX 2 |
BEL 1 |
BEL 2 |
GER 1 |
GER 2 |
TUR 1 |
TUR 2 |
ESP 1 |
ESP 2 |
MAC 1 |
MAC 2 |
NC | 0 |
NASCAR
[edit](key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1
[edit]| NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1 results | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | NWES | Points | |||
| 2014 | GDL Racing | 67 | Ford | VAL | VAL | BRH | BRH | TOU | TOU | NÜR | NÜR | UMB 6 |
UMB 19 |
LEM 22 |
LEM 25 |
23rd | 170 | |||
| 2015 | 87 | VAL | VAL | VEN | VEN | BRH | BRH | TOU | TOU | UMB | UMB | ZOL 19 |
ZOL 21 |
31st | 68 | |||||
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Gianluca de Lorenzi career summary at DriverDB.com
- Living people
- 1972 births
- Sportspeople from Ravenna
- Italian racing drivers
- Italian Formula Three Championship drivers
- World Touring Car Championship drivers
- Superstars Series drivers
- Blancpain Endurance Series drivers
- International GT Open drivers
- European Touring Car Championship drivers
- 24 Hours of Spa drivers
- Sports car racing team owners
- 24H Series drivers
- BMW M drivers
- AF Corse drivers
- Porsche Carrera Cup Italy drivers